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Three children with notebooks study a small plane that is taped off.
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Aviation

Colourful kids’ camp program showcases aviation careers

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Dec 9, 2019
A creative summer camp program may have nudged young participants into considering a future career as an aircraft accident investigator.
A poster for the Japanese science fiction film Uchû Daisensô
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Social Science & Culture

Uchû Daisensô, or, A battle in outer space from the land of the rising Sun

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Dec 9, 2019
Kon’nichiwa and hello, my diligent reading friend, yours truly hopes that life is treating you well. As the year of space which 2019 was slowly comes to a close, it occurred to me that a final look at a space movie, a Japanese space movie, Uchû Daisensô to be more precise, might be of interest. Mind you, I also thought / hoped that this topic would not turn into one of my typical how-to-be-brief-in-222-volumes textravanganzas. To my great chagrin, I soon discovered that translations of Japanese
Roger De Abreu with a model of the satellites that he helped develop.
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Earth & Environment

Canada as never seen before: The new RADARSAT Constellation Mission

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Dec 5, 2019
Canada's RADARSAT program has a long history, going back to experimenting with radar sensors onboard the Convair 580 aircraft, which is now in the collection of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.
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Agriculture
Food
Space

3 things you should know — December edition

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Dec 4, 2019
In the December column, we dig into the science of beer, offer tips for viewing the Geminids meteor shower, and bust myths about alcohol in hot drinks.
One of the very few Airways Airway microcars made, San Diego, California. Anon., “Voiture légère.” Photo-Journal, 29 December 1949, 48.
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Aviation

An Airway for the freeway: Theodore Parsons Hall and his microcar – and his flying car too

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Dec 2, 2019
Good morning, my slightly masochistic reading friend. It is with pleasure that I welcome you to the world of aviation and space and, perhaps even more so, of the automobile. Our topic of the week appeared at the turn of a page of Photo-Journal . More exactly, a page from the 29 December 1949 edition of this Montréal, Québec, weekly, which we all know and love. The caption of the photograph containing only a minimum of information, yours truly had to invent the rest. Sorry. I’m joking. I did / do
A young woman in a green military uniform pokes her head out the side window of an aircraft.
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Aviation

Women in aviation: A conversation with Brigadier-General Lise Bourgon

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Nov 28, 2019
This fall, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum proudly welcomed a helicopter from the Royal Canadian Armed Forces (RCAF) into the museum's permanent collection.
Two men wearing artifact gloves move a vintage black car off an oversized elevator.
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Engineering & Technology

Massive elevator lifts Canada’s vintage cars to their new home

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Nov 26, 2019
A colossal freight elevator at the Ingenium Centre is taking Canada’s science and technology collection to new heights — quite literally.
Catherine Beddall assembles a gingerbread house.
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Arts & Design

Behind the scenes: Meet a gingerbread artist

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Nov 26, 2019
Pastry chef Catherine Beddall is living the sweet life! Her incredible gingerbread creations — which have won multiple awards — are sure to inspire you in the kitchen this holiday season.
Julie-France Czapla with a model of a McDonnell Mercury space capsule. Anon. “Partout – Julie-France choisit Anik.” La Patrie, 23 November 1969, 15.
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Space

A satellite called Trudeau, Satty Chatty, Rendez-vous, or… Anik

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Nov 25, 2019
Hello, dzień dobry and ublaahatsiatkut. I hope that the stars are favorable to you, my reading friend, and I use this expression knowing full well that astrology is a pseudoscience without any real foundation. Would you like to know all the data with which I started writing this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee? Wunderbar. Allow me to quote the legend of the photograph above, in translation, extracted from the 23 November 1969 issue of the weekly, earlier on daily, La Patrie of Montréal,
Two people sit on bikes in the middle of a museum display.
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Exhibitions

On a roll: Julie Leclair reflects on the development of Bike it!

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Nov 22, 2019
Julie Leclair, director of travelling exhibitions for Ingenium, recently worked with a team of international institutions to develop Bike it! — a travelling exhibition which tells the global story of the bicycle. Read Julie’s behind-the-scenes insights in this feature article published by TEO—an organization that supports international touring exhibitions.
The Dairy Barn at the Central Experimental Farm in 1894. It is now part of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum.
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Agriculture

Historic barns bring architecture to life for students

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Nov 18, 2019
The Central Experimental Farm (CEF) in Ottawa is known for agricultural ingenuity and scientific discovery, as a national historic site and urban greenspace, and for being the home of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. Architecture, however, is not typically the first thing people associate with this agricultural oasis in Ottawa.
Jacques Lebrun. Claude Asselin, “Selon le professeur Jacques Lebrun ‘Les lunautes peuvent comme à la maison, se raser en caleçon.’” Photo-Journal, from 17 to 23 November 1969, 7.
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Space

Sing us a song, you’re the weatherman: Jacques Lebrun and the conquest of space

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Nov 18, 2019
As was said (typed?) by a somewhat reckless individual, namely moi, while it is true that working for an institution such as the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, can sometimes be difficult, it is also true that the resources and treasures it preserves are unmatched in this country. Yours truly has dug in these resources on many occasions over the past 3 decades. I will not do so today, my reading friend. You see, today’s topic has little to do with aviation. I know. I too
An drawing of students looking through a telescope and discussing different names for an exoplanet
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Space

Canada’s Name the Exoplanet Contest!

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Nov 14, 2019
Scientists have discovered thousands of planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, aka exoplanets. Most of those planets have boring names consisting of letters and numbers that keep track of the star catalogue in which they are listed. Take, for example, planet HD 136418b . The "HD" refers to the Henry Draper Catalogue, the "136418" means the planet orbits the 136,418th star in the catalogue, and the "b" refers to it being the first planet discovered around that star (they don't use "a" because